Opinion

It's conventional wisdom in the United States that a number of other countries, including the economic powerhouses of Asia, require their children to spend more time at school than the American educational system does. This isn't necessarily the view of right-wingers who think public school teachers should work harder for the same salary and benefits.

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ALD wrote on Dec 8, 2012 11:19 AM:

" The calls to increase money to improve our education system never end. If just throwing money at this problem was the real answer by now we would be graduating nothing but world class scholars.

To me one of the very real problems that is never discussed is now the endless interruptions to the educational process during the actual school year. Far more problematic then the summer vacation are the number of weeks off during the school year. The countless vacation days in between, and the almost non stop delayed school openings, and early closings, on a weather forecast of and inch or two of snow.

I find it hard to believe that there is anyway to establish any real learning atmosphere this way. "

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